head, carved wood; oval face with brow shelf and nose in low relief, smiling mouth deeply incised; headdress extension above head, similar extension below chin; staff like extension from back of head; traces of original painting barely visible; 59 cm
Donor:
Ellsworth La Boyteaux and Mrs. Ellsworth La Boyteaux
Collection place:
East Sepik Province, Momase Region, Papua New Guinea
Culture or time period:
Abelam
Collector:
Bruce D. Lawes
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama